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Left to right, Ed Cook, Board of Directors Five Points Gallery, Rose Ponte, Torrigton's Economic Development Coordinator, Judy McElhone, Director of Five Points Gallery and Steve Roth, one of the investors with Torrington Downtown Partners, were part of the official grand opening of Five Points Gallery in downtown Torrington Friday night. The original name, Artspace was changed last month, taking the name from the five-point intersection they overlook on Main Street. Christopher Massa Republican-American

TORRINGTON — Two previous attempts at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the renamed Five Points Gallery were postponed because of snow but the event went off with no problems Friday, with a happy crowd attending.

Judith McElhone, executive director of the gallery, was honored in her volunteer work in getting the gallery formerly called Artspace Torrington up and running and established as its own nonprofit entity, separate from the city's Arts and Culture Commission. In February, the gallery announced it would be renamed after the city's main downtown intersection.

"She's the glue that holds us all together," said Steven Roth of Torrington Downtown Partners. Torrington Downtown Partners owns the building and is leasing the space to the gallery at no charge.

Rose Ponte, Torrington's economic development director and a member of the Arts and Culture Commission, called Five Points Gallery one of the projects "she's most proud of and happy about."

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